Modern Omega watch shock-resistance: quantifiable?

So I dropped my Seamaster 300 Master Co-axial on to the carpet this morning, and it got me thinking: many parameters of a watch’s behavior can be measured, but what about shuck resistance?

When the company says a watch is shock-resistant, how does this translate into daily activities that one can assess to determine if the watch’s integrity has been compromised? In other words: does the company say, “The watch can withstand a drop from three feet to a wood floor without typically suffering damage.”

There have been so many posts over the years about, “I dropped my watch; I banged my watch; something fell on my watch.” Is there anything quantifiable here, or are we always left with, “Is it still keeping accurate time, and are all functions working?”

An Oyster case offers the most shuck resistance ☕

That’s so good, I’m not even going to change it…

Well, this is at least something:

“The International Organization for Standardization issued a standard for shock-resistant watches, which many countries have adopted. ISO 1413 Horology—Shock-resistant watches specifies the minimum requirements and describes the corresponding method of test. It is intended to allow homologation tests rather than the individual control of all watches of a production batch. It is based on the simulation of the shock received by a watch on falling accidentally from a height of 1 m on to a horizontal hardwood surface.”

In practice shock resistance is generally tested by applying two shocks (one on the 9 o'clock side, and one to the crystal and perpendicular to the face). The shock is usually delivered by a hard plastic hammer mounted as a pendulum, so as to deliver a measured amount of energy, specifically, a 3 kg hammer with an impact velocity of 4.43 m/s (This will deliver approximately 30 Joules of energy to the watch). The watch must keep its accuracy to +/- 60 seconds/day as measured before the test.”